To extend the signal of public radio station KHPR-FM operating on 88.1 MHz, Honolulu, HI, by constructing a microwave fed satellite station on Lihue to provide a first public radio service to 34,100 residents of Kauai County. $142,387

To extend the signal of public radio station KHPR-FM, operating on 88.1 MHz, Honolulu, HI, by establishing a microwave fed satellite station on Hilo to provide a first public service to 54,300 residents of that island. $115,762

To extend the signal of KBSU-FM operating on 91.3 MHz in Boise, ID, by constructing an associated station in McCall, ID, to provide a first public radio service to 7,201 residents of Adams and Valley Counties. $60,900

To construct a TV translator in Springfield that will translate the signal of WJPT-TV of Jacksonville, IL, and a TV translator in Kirksville, MO, which will translate the signal of WQEC-TV of Quincy, IL. $260,294

To replace obsolete transmitter of WILL-AM in Urbana. Request includes transmitter and associated equipment. $35,745

To improve WSIU-TV, channel 8 serving Carbondale, by replacing obsolete studio and field cameras and field VTRs. $166,617

To improve the quality of program production by WSIU-FM, 91.9 Carbondale, by replacing essential but malfunctioning and obsolete audio consoles, tape recorders and other production equipment. $43,912

To improve WTIU-TV, channel 30 serving Bloomington, by replacing obsolete studio cameras. $150,000

To increase power and to replace the aging transmitter of WNIT-TV, channel 34, in South Bend/Elkhart. The effective radiated power (ERP) will increase from 30kw to 60kw. $355,272

To upgrade WFWA-TV, channel 39, from a repeater station to a full service independent station by installing necessary production equipment. $263,567

To improve the operation of the Iowa Public Television network by replacing the transmitter of Channel 12 in Iowa City and by increasing the efficiency of six other transmitters throughout the state. $459,384

To expand the interactive telecommunications system serving northeast Iowa by constructing a two channel ITFS system which will establish five sites which will link school districts, colleges, governmental agencies and businesses. The system will distribute educational and other narrowcast programming. $600,411

To improve the facilities of public station KOOD-TV, Channel 9, in Bunker Hill by replacing worn-out, obsolete equipment. KOOD-TV seeks to replace a portable camera, video tape editing recorder, video tape player, character generator and related items. Station serves approximately 342,000 residents of central and western Kansas. $51,168

To install four TV translators to extend the signal of station KOOD-TV, which operates on Ch. 9 in Bunker Hill, KS. These Kansas translators will be located in Norton (Ch. 39), Oberlin (Ch.32), Oakley (Ch. 15) and Goodland (Ch. 23). They will bring a first public television signal to approximately 23,000 residents of the northeastern portion of Kansas. $282,492

To improve public television station KPTS-TV, Channel 8, in Wichita by replacing equipment which has become difficult to maintain. KPTS-TV seeks to replace two field cameras, a routing switcher, an audio processor and a monitor scope. Station serves approximately 387,773 residents within its coverage area in addition to those receiving KPTS-TV via cable. $69,010

To improve the facilities of public television station, KTWU-TV, Channel 11, in Topeka. Project would acquire a digital still-store to replace an antiquated 11-year-old RCA TK 28B film chain. KTWU-TV also proposes to acquire a backup aural exciter. The station serves approximately 449,560 residents with its broadcast signal, a translator and carriage on 138 CATV systems. $31,055

To build an FM repeater transmitter with an ERP of 7500 watts in the unserved community of Elizabethtown. It will repeat the signal of WKYU-FM in Bowling Green. $124,102

To improve WEKU-FM, 88.9 serving Richmond, by replacing their obsolete RCA transmitter and unreliable transmission line. $47,345

To improve the shared facilities of WFPK-FM (91.9) and WFPL-FM (89.3) in Louisville. Equipment will replace worn-out, obsolete on-air master control equipment, an optimod and test equipment. $45,762

To improve the KET television network of 15 transmitters and 11 translators by replacing wornout and obsolete production equipment. The request includes cameras, 1 inch and 1/2 inch VTRs, a digital effects unit, still store and other production equipment. $311,670

To activate a radio reading service for the blind and print handicapped that will use the subcarrier of WBCY-FM in Lexington. In addition to a subcarrier generator and production equipment, 400 receivers have been requested. $59,944

This project will extend public radio service to the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area of East Texas, the first public radio service to this area. The facility will utilize programming and program staff of KDAQ-FM, Shreveport, and will include local programming origination capability. It will also utilize the separate- audio capability KDAQ uses with networked stations KSLA (Alexandria, LA) and El Dorado, AR, resulting in a service that realizes the economy of scale of a shared/satellite operation and the customized feel of a local operation. $189,299

To improve the services and production capabilities of public television station WYES-TV, channel 12, in New Orleans, by replacing obsolete film and slide projection chains with state-of-the-art electronic still-store equipment. $30,000

To improve the remote capacity of the Louisiana Public Broadcasting Network by replacing six worn-out, obsolete 3/4-inch field recorders and support equipment with 1/2-inch portable recorders. The 6-station Louisiana Public Broadcasting Network serves approximately 4.4 million residents of the state of Louisiana. $74,220

To establish a first-service public radio station to serve an estimated 397,417 residents of northeast Louisiana (nine parishes) and southern Arkansas (two counties). $477,438

To replace obsolete studio and field equipment of public station WCBB, channel 10, in Augusta, ME. The project will purchase three studio/field cameras, a production switcher, an audio console, a character generator, 3 3/4" videotape recorders, a video measurement set, and diverse smaller items. WCBB provides public television service to 746,000 residents of southern and central Maine. $304,176

To improve the facilities of WMED-TV, operating on Ch. 13 in Calais, by replacing 25-year-old transmission equipment. The project will purchase a new transmitter, antenna and tower to insure continued service to residents of northeastern Maine. $411,425

This multi-faceted project will, first, purchase an SCA generator that will allow the applicant to expand its radio reading service for the print-handicapped to all of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, via the SCA signal of WQRC-FM, Hyannis. Second, it will install MW links to interconnect the applicant's main studio and transmitter and to connect two of its affiliate stations. Third, it will construct a production studio in Boston and improve its main studio in Marshfield. Finally, it will purchase 250 SCA receivers. $58,760

To replace the aging transmitter components of WNMU-FM in Marquette and to extend the signal via translators to four additional upper peninsula communities of Escanaba, Manistique, Newberry and Meominee. $50,108

To activate a new non-commercial radio station to serve Sault Ste Marie which will provide first service to 19,000 and second service to 14,000. $162,636

To improve the production capability of WSDE-TV, channel 8 in Duluth, by replacing obsolete and wornout studio cameras. $176,100

To construct a 100 kw radio station on 91.5 that will provide first service to 100,000 people in and around Thief River. $257,280

To improve KUMD-FM, 103.3 in Duluth, by replacing obsolete and worn out satellite and production equipment. Replacement is requested for satellite receive dish, tape recorders and other production equipment. $36,498

To increase power and improve production capabilities of KRCU-FM, 90.0 in Cape Girardeau. The power increase will be from 100 to 5,000 watts and will provide first service to 34,000 people. Request includes transmitter, consoles, tape recorders and other production equipment. $121,216

To improve the facilities of K57CX, a low power noncommercial television station providing public television service to Meagher County by purchasing a 3/4" videotape recorder and time-base corrector to permit the broadcast of locally selected or produced programs. $8,587

To extend the signal of noncommercial low power TV station K21AN operating on Ch. 21 in Darby, MT, by constructing a translator located on Connor Bluff operating on Ch.67 to provide first public television service to 10,000 people. $23,608

To improve the production facilities of KEMC-FM, broadcasting on 91.7 MHz in Billings, MT, by replacing obsolete audio consoles and tape recorders, and related equipment. The project will also replace a ten year old remote control to ensure continued service to 375,000 people in eastern Montana and northern Wyoming. $31,607

To construct a low power television station operating on Ch. 27 in Boulder, MT, with associated television translator Ch. 34 Clancy, to provide first public television service to 2,000 people in Jefferson County. The project is affiliated with the Rural Television System, which provides public television service to rural areas. $98,165

To construct a Low Power television station operating on Ch. 63 to serve 3,000 people in the communities of Bridger, Belfry, Edgar and Fromberg in the Clark's Fork Valley. The proposed facility will be an affiliate of the Rural Television System project which provides public television service to rural areas. $87,837

To establish a noncommercial low power television station operating on Ch. 28 in Fort Benton MT, to provide first public television service to 2,100 persons of Choteau County. The project is affiliated with the Rural Television System, which provides public television services to rural areas. $88,696

To establish a low power television station operating on Ch. 28 in Colstrip, MT, to provide first public television service to 5,500 residents of Rosebud County. The project will be affiliated with the Rural Television Service which provides public television services to rural areas. $88,696

To establish a noncommercial low power public television station operating on Ch. 36 Thompson Falls, MT, to provide a first public television service to 3,000 residents of western Sanders County. The project is affiliated with the Rural Television Service which provides public television services to rural areas. $86,186

To construct a noncommercial low power television station on Ch. 28, Hawlowton, MT, to provide first public television service to 1,400 people. The project is affiliated with the Rural Television Service which provides public television services to rural areas. $88,696

To establish a low power television station on Ch. 21 to provide first public television service to 2,500 residents of Teton County. The project will be affiliated with the Rural Television System, which provides public television services to rural areas. $86,186

To ensure continued public television service to 7,000 residents of Liberty, Hill, Toole and Glacier Counties, MT, by replacing the thirty year old translator operating on Ch. 78 in Joplin. $16,125

To improve the local production facilities of KYNE-TV, Channel 26, in Omaha. By formal agreement with the Nebraska ETV Network, the University provides local origination programming for KYNE-TV. Project would replace obsolete, problem-plagued and worn out origination equipment. Items being replaced include: camera/recorders, edit controller, video switchers, routing switcher, character generator and related equipment. KYNE-TV provides a program service for approximately 656,938 residents of its service area. $268,073

To expand the Nebraska public radio network by constructing four new stations. Stations will be located at Alliance (91.1 MHz), Hastings (89.1 MHz), Lexington (88.7 MHz) and Norfolk (89.3 MHz). Network also seeks to improve the facilities at KUCV-FM, in Lincoln, by replacing an obsolete, worn-out audio production board. KUCV-FM serves as the flagship of the state radio network. This project will result in a first public radio service for approximately 472,142 people. $660,738

To improve the production facilities of the Nebraska Educational TV Network by replacing worn-out, obsolete equipment. Equipment being requested consists of CCD Field Cameras, recorders, digital audio recorder and related equipment. Network supplies public television services for the entire state of Nebraska as well as portions of WY, CO, KS, SD and IA. $35,801

To improve the transmission equipment of KPNB-TV, Ch. 5 in Reno, NV, by purchasing a stand-by STL and test equipment. The project will ensure continued service to the 288,000 residents of the Reno area served by the station. $31,755

To extend the signal of public radio station KURN-FM, Reno, by establishing an associated station in Elko, NV, on 91.5 MHz. The station will have local programming capability and will provide first public radio service to 12,000 residents of Elko County. $100,125

To improve the production facilities of KVLX-TV, operating on Ch. 10 in Las Vegas, NV, by replacing obsolete 2" videotape recorders and purchasing the station's first 1" videotape machines. The project would also provide for the construction of a translator on Ch. 23 to provide first public television service to the 1,126 residents of Sandy Point and Jean, NV. KLVX serves 688,000 people in the area surrounding Las Vegas, NV. $252,426

To improve the transmission facilities of WEKW-TV, Ch. 52, Keene, and WLEF-TV, Ch. 49, Littleton, by replacing obsolete antennas and transmission lines. This new equipment, coupled with new transmitters recently purchased by the applicant, will ensure continued public television service to 140,000 people. $147,750

To upgrade the program production facilities of public radio station WBGO-FM, 88.3 MHz, Newark, NJ. The project will result in the purchase of equipment for a new on-air control room and a new production studio. $50,665

To improve the facilities of the applicant's Rural Television System (RTS) mini-station by acquiring two videotape recorder/players. Project will allow the delay broadcasting of PBS and other educational programming and thus allow flexibility in scheduling. The station serves approximately 4,000 residents of Mescalero and the surrounding reservation. $8,325

To activate an Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS) in Las Vegas to serve the residents of northeastern New Mexico. Project will consist of one transmit site and three receive sites and will be part of the Instructional Television Network for NM. Requested facilities will serve approximately 22,751 residents of Las Vegas and San Miguel County. $29,051

To extend the coverage of public television station KNME-TV, Channel 5, in Albuquerque with 2 new and 3 replacement tv translators. The new translators will be located in Raton, NM, (Ch. 60) and Farmington-Bloomfield Hwy/Huerfano-Bloomfield Hwy, NM, (Ch. 60). KNME-TV seeks to replace three translators for which it has obtained a "Consent to Assignment" of license. The three replacement translator serve: Shiprock, NM, (K74DX); Chinle, AZ, (K06HH) and Colfax, NM, (K60AA). $71,520

To improve the facilities of public television station KENW-TV, Channel 3, in Portales. Project would replace an obsolete audio production console (5 microphone/3 line level inputs) which limits local production efforts. KENW-TV serves approximately 315,000 people of eastern New Mexico and west Texas. $17,500

To improve the production facilities of public television station WCNY-TV, channel 24 in Syracuse, NY, by replacing obsolete studio cameras and related monitoring equipment. $185,290

To install an FM repeater station in Poughkeepsie, NY, that will rebroadcast the public radio service of WMHT-FM, the studios of which are in Schenectady. The new station will operate at 250 kw on 88.7 MHz and will bring a first public radio signal to nearly 150,000 residents of the mid-Hudson region of New York. The repeater will share time with a noncommercial station to be operated by the State University of New York at New Paltz. $51,975

To improve the electronic field production capabilities of WNET-TV, Ch. 13, New York City. The project will purchase four ENG/EFT cameras, dockable video tape recorders, a camera control unit and other associated items. WNET-TV's current field production equipment will be used to produce programming at its Newark studio. $127,250

To improve the transmission facilities of WXXI-FM, operating on 91.5 mHz, Rochester, by replacing a 15-year-of transmitter. WXXI-FM serves 1,200,000 residents of ten counties in western New York. $39,400

To establish a noncommercial radio station, to operate at 91.9 MHz, that will bring the first public radio service with a local program origination capability to Clinton, Essex, and Franklin Counties in northeastern New York. $134,442

To improve the program production capability of public television station WNED, ch. 17, in Buffalo, NY, by replacing obsolete and worn-out studio equipment. The major items to be purchased are a master control switcher, production switcher, still store, character generator, and production audio console. $264,167

To establish a noncommercial radio station in Jeffersonville, NY, which will bring the first public radio service to approximately 50,000 residents of Sullivan County in southeast New York State. The station will operate on 90.5 MHz with the call letters WJJF-FM. $129,245

To improve the production capabilities of public television station WLIW, ch. 21, in Plainview, NY, by replacing worn-out origination equipment. The project will purchase a dual-channel video still store and an audio production console. $47,500

To improve the service of public radio station WFAE-FM, 90.7 MHz, in Charlotte, NC, by rebuilding the transmitting facility in order to correct radio frequency interference problems and to honor the eviction notice served on the station by the current owner. WFAE-FM is the principal public radio service to the Charlotte metropolitan area; rebuilding of the transmitter will correct serious RF and multipath problems and increase WFAE's city-grade contours. $122,170

To improve the local production facilities of the state public television network by acquiring its first character generator. The six station network provides the only public television service to North Dakota, northwest Minnesota and northeast Montana. The new character generator will replace digifont titling feature of a still store. The state public television network serves approximately 961,367 residents within its service areas. $25,000

To expand the signal of WVXU-FM, Cincinnati, to the unserved community of West Union by means of a 3.2 kw ERP repeater transmitter. The request includes tower, repeater and related test equipment. $76,253

To improve the operation of WPTD-TV, channel 16 Dayton, by installing a hot-standby STL and replacing obsolete and wornout master control equipment. The request includes 1 inch VTRs to replace quads, still store, distribution amplifiers, audio tape recorders and transmitter test equipment. $86,175

To improve WGTE-TV, channel 30 in Toledo, by replacing obsolete production and microwave equipment. Request includes hot standby STL, master control switcher and a 1 inch VTR replacement of a quad VTR. $70,200

To extend the signal of public radio station KLCC-FM, operating on 89.7 MHz, Eugene, OR, by constructing a microwave fed satellite station in Otter Crest, OR, to bring a first public radio service to 22,000 residents of Lincoln County. $85,995

To extend the signal of public television station KOAB-TV operating on channel 3, Bend, OR, by replacing a 5 Kw transmitter and transmission line with a 15 Kw system to better serve 95,000 residents of the greater Bend and to provide first public television service to 30,000 additional viewers. $100,910

To extend the signal of KMUN-FM, 91.9 MHz Astoria, OR, by constructing two translators to provide a first public radio service to 11,000 persons in the adjoining communities of South Astoria and Tillamook. $10,141

To improve the programming and transmission capability of public television station WQED-TV, ch. 13, Pittsburgh, PA, by replacing three cameras and a master control switcher and by converting the transmitter to stereo audio output. $211,500

To expand the coverage area of WXPN-FM, operating on 88.9 MHz in Philadelphia, by colocating its signal site and diplexing its signal with that of commercial television station WPVI, which operates on channel 6. The project requests a diplexer, transmitter and studio-to-transmitter link. $124,985

To improve the production facilities of public television station WITF, ch. 33, Harrisburg, PA, by replacing three 15-year-old camera units needed to produce programming for the residents of central Pennsylvania. $166,493

To replace the obsolete transmitter and remote control of WPSU-FM, a noncommercial radio station serving the University Park area of central Pennsylvania. WPSU is licensed to the Pennsylvania State University and operates on 91.1 mHz. $21,434

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To improve the production facilities of public television station WPSX-TV, channel 3, University Park, PA, by replacing obsolete and worn-out studio production equipment needed to deliver programming to the residents of central Pennsylvania. $125,920

To install a Ku-Band satellite uplink and video production studios at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. The facility will allow the University to produce and transmit a wide variety of instructional programming to schools, corporations and government agencies. It will also permit the applicant to participate more fully in the scientific and technological activities of the National Technological University. $209,270

To construct a four-channel ITFS system to serve all of the secondary public schools in Marlboro County, SC. $154,818

To improve the state public television network by replacing four microwave repeaters of the inter-city microwave system. Locations to be replaced are Beresford (KWU-35), Brookings (WGR-795), Philip (WLG-29) and Wall (WLG-30). The old, replaced units will be moved into secondary service as back-up units before they are finally retired. The state network serves approximately 850,000 people. $55,000

To establish a first-service public radio station serving an estimated 300,000 residents of Jackson, TN. Funding would be used to purchase a transmitter, remote unit, STL, antenna, and other associated equipment. $106,125

To plan for an ITFS system that would serve Pellissippi State Technical Community College's off-campus locations, area high schools, local cable television systems, and industry. The comprehensive system would serve various receive sites in Knox, Blount, and Anderson counties of East Tennessee. $10,000

To activate a new public television station on channel 15 in Knoxville, TN. The proposed station will provide an estimated 937,057 persons with a first- time City Grade/Grade A local signal. $996,343

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
National Telecommunications and Information Administration
Office of Telecommunications and Information Applications

Posted: 17 Sep 1997